Catholic priests
In crime-stricken Haiti, Catholic priests and nuns are targeted as kidnap victims
By Eduardo Campos Lima — April 1, 2024
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Kidnappings by criminal gangs have continued to terrorize the country's residents, not least Catholic priests and other missionaries. In 2024 alone, at least 14 priests and religious brothers and sisters were abducted.
‘Trinity’s Triumph’ film, written by New Jersey priest, humanizes Catholic clergy
By Kathryn Post — February 27, 2024
(RNS) — While reductive narratives depict priests as perfect heroes or evil villains, said writer and producer Stephen Fichter, truth is more complicated.
In Catholic men’s religious orders, diversity brings new opportunities — and occasional friction
By Elizabeth E. Evans — February 1, 2024
(RNS) — ‘Their lives are so much more complicated and distracting than mine was,’ said Brother Larry Schatz, vocation director for the Christian Brothers Midwest province.
Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests and sends them to Rome, following agreement with the Vatican
By Associated Press — October 19, 2023
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Vatican confirmed Thursday that the Holy See had been asked to receive the 12 priests who had been recently released
Illinois Catholic clergy abuse report could draw lawsuits, reforms but new charges unlikely
By Kathleen Foody and Michael Tarm — May 26, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) — “[M]any survivors of child sex abuse at the hands of Catholic clerics will never see justice in a legal sense,” the report says.
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